Connellan, Northern Territory

Connellan is an outer suburb of the town of Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Connellan Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Connellan
Coordinates	23°46′31″S 133°54′32″E[1]
Population	400 (partly shared) (2016 census)[2][lower-alpha 1]
Postcode(s)	0870
LGA(s)	Town of Alice Springs
Territory electorate(s)	Braitling
Federal division(s)	Lingiari
Mean max temp[4] Mean min temp[4] Annual rainfall[4] 28.9 °C 84 °F 13.3 °C 56 °F 282.8 mm 11.1 in
Suburbs around Connellan: Kilgariff Ross Amoonguna Hugh Connellan Hale Hugh Hale Hale

Connellan is situated in the Arrernte traditional Aboriginal country.^[5]

The suburb is named after the aviator Edward Connellan.^[1] Connellan is also the location of the Alice Springs Airport.

References

Notes

1. For the 2016 census, the "State Suburb of Connellan" included any people in the adjoining suburb of Kilgariff who lived on the south side of Colonel Rose Drive.^[2][3]

Citations

1. "Connellan". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Connellan (NT)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
3. "Suburb of Kilgariff – Alice Springs, (compiled plan) CP 5436" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
4. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
5. "C8: Arrernte". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Federal government. 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2021.